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Ravel Morrison move set to incur agents’ fees of £1m

Oliver Butler

January 31 2012, 3:13pm, The Times

Morrison is regarded as one of the most talented players at Old TraffordNick Potts/PA

Ravel Morrison’s potential move to West Ham United may have come as a surprise, but of greater shock is that the deal for the controversial 18-year-old midfielder is set to involve agents’ fees of almost £1 million.

That fee is significantly more than the npower Championship side are prepared to pay to Manchester United up front.

The clubs are understood to have agreed an initial fee of about £650,000, rising to £2 million for a player whose contract expires in June.

Morrison, whose behaviour off the field has frustrated the United backroom staff, is set to earn up to £15,000 a week, which would rise should West Ham be promoted and he go on to start an agreed number of top-flight games.